A bride has shared her delight and amazement after a Facebook post helped her reclaim her 147-year-old wedding dress after it disappeared at her local dry cleaners.

Tess Newall wore the intricate gown made by her great, great grandmother at her June wedding last year, before dropping it off at Keen Cleaners in Edinburgh for a gentle dry clean.

But Newall was left bereft when she found out the branch had fallen into liquidation and her dress couldn't be found.

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In a desperate bid to retrieve the family heirloom, Newall shared her dilemma in a public Facebook post, writing: 'I have just found out that the dry cleaners have lost my much loved wedding dress. It was made by my Great Great Granny in 1870 (I altered the top) and I wore it in June 2016. Kleen Cleaners in Edinburgh used to be the best but recently fell into crooked hands and have gone into liquidation.

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'It seems that the dress was taken to be sold so it could be winging its way anywhere. Please share this far and wide in case anyone stumbles across it! I realise there are far greater issues in the world but it means the world to us. More family memories need to be woven into its threads.'

The post was shared over 300,000 times, and now Newall has revealed her dress has been found after the landlord of the property got in touch to say he spotted it in a 'crumpled heap' on the floor.

She disclosed the happy news to her original message: 'We received a phone call from the very kind landlord of the property who read about it through this amazing response.

'He checked what was left by the administrators Wylie & Bisset and found a crumpled heap of antique lace on the floor. My mum and dad have just been let into the shop and to their amazement and joy it is our dress! (Despite W&B repeatedly stating in letters that it wasn't there and was "disposed of" or "auctioned off").'

Newell thanked everyone who responded and revealed she couldn't wait to be reunited with Dora's dress.

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